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Mind = blown. There are two Chinas.
Apparently there are two Chinas!
The Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China.
The Republic of China is Taiwan's official name !
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Since 1949, two sovereign states with the name "China" exist, namely the Republic of China (founded 1912 and now commonly known as "Taiwan") and the People's Republic of China (founded 1949 and commonly known as "China" since 1971). However, only one "China" actually rules Taiwan, namely Republic of China, and has an administrative division called "Taiwan Province" but refers to it as "Taiwan Province, Republic of China"; whereas, the other "China", namely the People's Republic of China, which is the one internationally recognized as "China" (not the Republic of China), claims but does not control Taiwan as part of its territory. Because "Taiwan" and "China" are known internationally to be separately political entities, the juxtaposition of "Taiwan" and "China" in this order into one single term "Taiwan, China" implicitly places the Republic of China under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, in the same sense as "California, USA". The use of this term is usually politically promulgated by the Communist Chinese government as a way to claim and imply that the Republic of China is under its sovereignty, since the People's Republic of China claims to be the legitimate government of "all China", which, according to its own definition, includes Taiwan also, despite its lack of control. The Republic of China government disputes the People's Republic of China position and it, along with many Republic of China citizens, considers this term incorrect and offensive, and its use a purposeful false identification and lie which denies the Republic of China's sovereignty, and objects to its use.
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What's going on here?
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